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In reply to the discussion: NSA Staffer: Snowden Didn't Dupe Coworkers Out of Passwords [View all]randome
(34,845 posts)170. And I wonder why a prism is called a prism?
You either accept the idea that PRISM is a secure FTP server or you accept the idea that every employee of Google, Microsoft, Facebook, etc. is being blackmailed by the NSA to keep quiet about it.
It really is that simple.
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Sounds like he wasn't the only one concerned about what was going on. But he was one ready to take
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#3
Why bother with that NSA appologist that repeats the same laughable things over and over?
DesMoinesDem
Dec 2013
#9
Greenwald sure thought he had the NSA by the short hairs when he trumpeted 'direct access'.
randome
Dec 2013
#15
Did you ever work for a phone company back in the old days when the lines were physically
JDPriestly
Dec 2013
#120
So the NSA is blackmailing every employee of Google, Microsoft, Facebook, etc?
randome
Dec 2013
#132
The metadata being collected was fine with everyone until Snowden yelled 'Fire!'
randome
Dec 2013
#172
I agree he's no traitor, just a confused loner who has now painted himself into a corner.
randome
Dec 2013
#12
Just the fact that admin at NSA leaked files would be enough to produce an initial sense of betrayal
Hissyspit
Dec 2013
#20
Maybe if you read the excerpt you cited a few more times you will understand it.
DesMoinesDem
Dec 2013
#21
Okay, then, thanks for the info. Maybe that's exactly what happened to him, then.
randome
Dec 2013
#114
So can I. I think he broke the legs on the regular obstacle course, though, not "Special Forces."
MADem
Dec 2013
#126
The source in the article is unnamed, so there's no way "he or she" can be challenged.
MADem
Dec 2013
#100
Yes, I do. Usually a reporter--an investigative one, adhering to standard 'journalistic' practices--
MADem
Dec 2013
#122
If you believe that Forbes is a neutral arbiter of events of the day, I have a bridge to sell you,
MADem
Dec 2013
#163
No, the story is an anecdote by an unnamed person. A single, solitary unnamed person, gossiping
MADem
Dec 2013
#174
"But an NSA staffer"... lol... SnowGlen fans are stretching.................again
uponit7771
Dec 2013
#18
which part is unclear? That people are supposed to believe ONE " anonymous" source or that
uponit7771
Dec 2013
#25
FALSE Der Spiegel didn't GOT files from space aliens they got them from Snow Glen and specifically
uponit7771
Dec 2013
#34
You're right, I wont believe ONE anonymous source but Der Spiegel is good enough for me to
uponit7771
Dec 2013
#35
I disagree, you can whistle blow to authorities and not state sponsored news sources like Chinas
uponit7771
Dec 2013
#110
You're CORRECT, I agree not their fault but that's not RIGHT and that's were I draw the line...
uponit7771
Dec 2013
#111
Can you link to the exact part of any article where Der Spiegel says Snowden
riderinthestorm
Dec 2013
#46
"SPIEGEL has decided not to publish details it has seen...that could endanger the lives of NSA worke
ProSense
Dec 2013
#58
So you only have a hypothetical, nothing more. That's not any evidence at all. nt
riderinthestorm
Dec 2013
#93
You do realize that a German publication was quoted, there? Not "opinion"--fact. nt
MADem
Dec 2013
#176
Amazing how this shit mattered when it was Valerie Plame getting screwed by the Bush crew.
MADem
Dec 2013
#175
..that's true, you have a point... that guy couldah been Donald Duck too... I don't trust this
uponit7771
Dec 2013
#168
Like certain people automatically believed he duped people out of passwords,
Hissyspit
Dec 2013
#143
Dunno about 'tools'...maybe I would say 'sheeple unknowingly helping support Big Brother.'
Rex
Dec 2013
#60
It is AMAZING isn't it? The constant clanging for obedience to the rules that the 1% have created
HangOnKids
Dec 2013
#61
"Obviously facing a dead-end career. Attention seeking media whore." SARCASM.
GoneFishin
Dec 2013
#159
Well well. This is new. Someone is finding a different string to pull to unravel the official story.
Hekate
Dec 2013
#177
He duped them. Pwds were not given to him to steal the data. He lied and duped them.
stevenleser
Dec 2013
#190